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We sold our ’77 Sierra Camper Classic the other day. Asking price: $875. Buying price: $500. That’s life. The heater coil was revealed to be bad, along with a slow leak in the rear right and so on ad infinitum. She’s 34 years old, friends, and that’s how it goes.

Not to anthropomorphize the thing anymore than I have to but it went to a farm, not to a junkyard, and that’s nice to think about—the old truck hauling manure and sleeping out under the stars.